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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Spin Cycle: The Fix Is In, And There Was No Fix
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 22:18:22 -0000 (UTC)
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On May 19, 2025 at 2:12:49 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:

> On 2025-05-19 5:07 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>  On May 19, 2025 at 2:02:32 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
>>  wrote:
>>  
>>>  On 2025-05-19 3:52 PM, shawn wrote:
>>>>    On Mon, 19 May 2025 13:52:59 -0400, Rhino
>>>>    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>    The Democrats messed up all the way along by not building a bench of
>>>>>    potential candidates going back to Obama's time in office. Everything
>>>>>    else follows from that.
>>>>    
>>>>    True, and I can't say the Republicans are doing any better. There are
>>>>    clearly no standout replacements for Trump when you have people
>>>>    strongly suggest Vance should be his replacement.
>>> 
>>>  I've heard definite enthusiasm for both Vance and Rubio as Trump's
>>>  successors. I don't know if any of the rest of his cabinet or major
>>>  appointments is similarly favoured.
>>> 
>>>  Personally, I've always preferred Ted Cruz over Trump
>>  
>>  Ted Cruz is great but he's been unfortunately saddled with resembling a
>>  grown-up Eddie Munster, which in this TV world where appearance matters as
>>  much (if not more) than substance will leave him forever aspiring to higher
>>  office but never achieving it.
>>  
> There was talk at one point of putting him on the Supreme Court. I like 
> that idea. He could do a lot of good there.

Yep, that would be a good fit.